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Gun crime rattles Zimbabwe's security sector
THE sudden spike in gun crimes across the country has pushed the security sector into panic with indications that police have since flooded the streets with detectives expected to sniff out menacing c...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russian chopper, ambulance for Mnangagwa
GOVERNMENT has taken delivery of a specialised medical helicopter and an ambulance from Russia as Zimbabwe leans to Moscow when most countries are shunning the Eurasian country over its invasion of Uk...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to acquire a new chopper after scary incidents
GOVERNMENT has set in motion plans to acquire a helicopter for President Emmerson Mnangagwa amid concerns over his security following a spate of hair-raising incidents aboard ageing and unreliable Air...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Deadly helicopter was meant for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's fleet of presidential helicopters was depleted in April when an Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crashed in Acturus, 30 kilometres east of Harare, as new details emerge on ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Scary details on Mnangagwa helicopter crash emerge
NEW details have emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official helicopter crash-landed due to a technical problem triggered by a faulty power system and flat battery, The NewsHawks reported....Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chopper in hair-raising emergency landing
IN a hair-raising incident which might leave heads rolling at the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential helicopter was dramatically forced into an emergency landing ...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Military chopper rescues marooned Chiredzi families
A MILITARY helicopter from Gweru yesterday rescued four people from two families, while four others are still missing after they were marooned along Mutirikwi River on Thursday.Information min...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe deploys defective chopper
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe deployed a defective helicopter to Chimanimani which failed to do anything on its first day after the weather finally cleared to permit them to make an aerial assessment of t...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean military chopper fires tear gas at demonstrators
A Zimbabwean military helicopter on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires in the capital on a second day of deadly protests after the government more than doubled t...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:43hrs | 2 | by AP
Chamisa's MDC calls for probe into crashed military chopper
Nelson Chamisa's opposition MDC has called for an inquiry into an Alouette III helicopter that was forced into crash landing in the Mchakazi area in Gutu Central this week.The helicopter crash...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Official must be held accountable for crushing military helicopter
The crush landing of a military chopper in Gutu exposes the rot in the public sector. That a public official, a mere Permanent Secretary flies around on private visits in a military chopper is mind bo...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 14:01hrs | | by Jacob, Mafume MDC National Spokesperson
Panic as military chopper lands in Jerera
People at Jerera growth point and surrounding areas were thrown into jitters last Thursday after an army helicopter landed twice in the area.Various leaders in Zaka confirmed that there was an...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tables turn on Mugabe
For 37 years Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has led his country on the back of brute force, incredible wit, and constitutional gamesmanship. When tables have turned on him, he has used his...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Chiwenga refused to meet Mugabe at his Blue Roof house
The military are reported to have today refused to meet President Robert Mugabe at his Blue Roof house in Borrowdale Harare saying it is not his official residence hence his (Mugabe) motorcade was see...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunfire heard after Kenyan security forces claims total control over mall
Kenya said its security forces were in control of the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people, and police were doing a final sweep of shops early on Tuesday after rescu...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 04:11hrs | 1 | by Reuters
'SA's gunship gift to Zimbabwe may be unlawful,' says DA
The Democratic Alliance has called for an immediate investigation into the SANDF's donation of retired military helicopters to the Zimbabwean army.David Maynier, the DA's defence spokesperson,...Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Mail & Guardian
Russia to supply Zim with military choppers in a platinum swap deal
Russia's State corporation - Russian Technologies - may supply military helicopters to Zimbabwe in a swap deal to buy the world's second largest platinum deposit, a Russian paper - Kommersant busines...Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
26 killed in Sudan, 'clashes between army and militia'
KHARTOUM - A Sudanese soldier and 25 militiamen were killed in clashes taking place in Tabet and Tikmari to the north of Darfur province, Sudanese Army said Wed...Published: 26 Jan 2011 at 11:54hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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